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But in suggesting what a fellow investigator might find problematic in Trump's behavior, Comey can probably be trusted. So, first of all, I'm sympathetic, and I'm willing to be somewhat more forgiving of Jim Comey because he's in that situation, which is unprecedented and unexpected. (more...)

They have ordered Qatari citizens and diplomats out of their countries, cut all flights to Qatar and are looking for ways to bar global airlines from flying through their airspace to get to Qatar, which is slated to host to 2022 World Cup. (more...)

Puigdemont's announcement came after multiple failed attempts to agree on a referendum date with the Madrid government. "There won't be a referendum, even Puigdemont knows it", said Albert Rivera, the leader of Ciudadanos, a Spain-wide party that was originally created in Catalonia to counter nationalist politicians. (more...)

In the Saturday night rampage, the attackers first drove a rented van into a crowd and then jumped out and randomly stabbed people they encountered. Zaghba, who is said to have been born in Morocco to a Moroccan father and an Italian mother, was stopped at Bologna's Marconi airport on March 15, 2016, while he tried to take a flight to Turkey. (more...)

The emphasis on the need to make a deal was echoed by EU Council President Donald Tusk, who sent this warning to the next United Kingdom government. British Prime Minister Theresa May had called the snap election in an attempt to extend her majority and strengthen her position in Brexit negotiations, but her gamble backfired spectacularly after she failed to win enough seats to form a Conservative government. (more...)

Of course, the torch run will end when the torch makes its way to Richmond on June 9. Our athletes are so inspirational and so thankful to law enforcement for everything they do. After gathering with athletes, volunteers and several members of local law enforcement in the Mt. "We had two runners who went from the Wallingford line to Meriden and all the way here". (more...)

In what has been described as one of the most left-wing Labour manifestos for decades, Labour has also promised to take on multinational corporations and what Corbyn has called "wealth extractors". Steven Fielding, a professor of politics at the University of Nottingham, said Britain had seen an election "in which the personal authority of a party leader has disappeared in an unprecedented way". (more...)

The announcement intensifies the diplomatic and economic campaign to isolate Qatar , a small Gulf Arab state which is a critical global supplier of gas and hosts the biggest USA military base in the Middle East. major tournaments should not be played in countries that actively support terror". "We are an independent country with sovereignty and we refuse any custody over Qatar", he said, speaking at the ministry of foreign affairs. (more...)

The American Athletic Conference has announced the 2017-18 men's basketball conference pairings. The American Athletic Conference announced each school's conference opponents for the 2017-18 campaign Thursday. This is a more competitive schedule than the Shockers got in the Missouri Valley. The others are Cincinnati, Connecticut and Central Florida, with the Wave entertaining Cincinnati and UConn and traveling to UCF and Wichita State. (more...)

May's Conservative Party and the main opposition Labour Party led by Jeremy Corbyn both campaigned in this election on a commitment to honor the result of the June 2016 referendum, when 52% of voters backed Brexit . Mr Gummer was the author of the manifesto which was blamed for driving away older voters furious at its plans to sell elderly people's homes after their deaths to pay for social care. (more...)

The order to refrain from increasing exposure to Qatar is being applied to include treasury investments, loans, letters of credit and trade-finance facilities, the people said. Qatar decried these claims as "baseless allegations". Its emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad Al-Sabah held talks on Wednesday with Qatari counterpart Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, following talks with senior UAE officials and Saudi King Salman. (more...)

In a snap poll of around 250 Financial News readers last week , around 14% predicted that today's national vote would result in either a hung parliament or coalition government. Britain's Liberal Democrats leader Tim Farron visits local voters at the campaign office in Carshalton southeast England while on the General Election Wednesday, June 7, 2017. (more...)

During his sworn testimony , televised live, Comey said "it's my judgment that I was sacked because of the Russian Federation investigation". Kasowitz also denied Comey's statement under oath that Trump asked him for total loyalty during a private dinner at the White House , although he said the President is "entitled to expect loyalty from those serving in his administration". (more...)

Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California asked the question that many Republicans have raised in the weeks since Comey's firing as one media leak followed another revealing Comey's claims about Trump's inappropriate interactions with him. (more...)

Saudi Arabia, along with the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain, Egypt and several other Sunni-majority countries have cut ties with Qatar since Monday, accusing the gas-rich Gulf State country of supporting terrorism because of its links with Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood and of helping Iran's agenda. (more...)

The dictionary's official Twitter account routinely goes after politicians and celebrities when they use words or phrases that are incorrect, confusing, or nonsensical. She tweeted a picture which said, in Russian #Covfefe translates into "I resign". He blew past follow-up questions about the meaning of covfefe . (more...)

Japan said after travelling about 450km the missile fell into the country's exclusive economic zone in the Sea of Japan - waters extending 200 nautical miles from its coast. Suga said Japanese officials will discuss North Korea with a senior foreign policy adviser to Chinese President Xi Jinping, Yang Jiechi, who is scheduled to visit Japan later Monday. (more...)

In 2010, David Cameron - the leader of the party with the most seats - was early out of the blocks claiming Labour prime minister Gordon Brown had lost his mandate . By contrast, Labour's Corbyn, a veteran socialist who had initially been written off as a no-hoper, was widely deemed to have run a strong, policy-rich campaign that enthused many followers. (more...)

After the 1967 war, Israel annexed East Jerusalem and deems the entire city to be its "indivisible and eternal capital", a status not recognized internationally. Abu Rudeina added that the Israeli leader's statements "make it clear to the worldwide community yet again that Israel is still putting up obstacles and destroying the chances of resuming the peace process". (more...)

Sebastian Gorka, a deputy assistant and a national security adviser to the president, on Monday firmly stated Trump's tweets should not equate to statements of substance or administration policy. The new POLITICO/Morning Consult survey found that almost seven in 10 voters believe the president uses the social media platform too much and about 60 percent think his Twitter usage is a bad thing. (more...)